SEATTLE — The Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Northgate has opened in Seattle. The new hotel is located at 9550 1st Ave. N.E. It is situated near the Woodland Park Zoo and Seattle Children’s Hospital. It features a 24-hour business center, heated indoor pool, fitness center and a 2,100-square-foot meeting space.
FARGO, N.D. — Dougherty Funding LLC has closed a $12 million loan for the acquisition of the Radisson Hotel Fargo in Fargo. The 151-room hotel is located across the street from the Fargo Civic Center. The borrower was 201 Hospitality. Dougherty Funding served as lead lender and servicer for the loan.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Natixis has provided a $25 million loan for the acquisition and renovation of a 95-room hotel in Washington, D.C.’s Foggy Bottom neighborhood. The hotel is situated adjacent to George Washington University. Natixis provided the loan to a joint venture between Westmont Hospitality and Varde Funds. Westmont Hospitality will continue to operate and manage the hotel. Natixis is the international corporate, investment, insurance and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France.
PITTSBURGH — Ten-X has closed the $14.1 million sale of Comfort Inn & Suites Pittsburgh, located at 180 Gamma Drive in Pittsburgh. Additionally, the company arranged $10.5 million in financing through Deutsche Bank for the buyer, an individual investor. The hotel features 223 guest rooms with complimentary wired and wireless internet access, an indoor pool, fitness center and 24-hour business center. Paramount Lodging Advisors was engaged as the exclusive broker of behalf on the undisclosed seller and partnered with the Ten-X Commercial platform to sell the property.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — CBRE Hotels has brokered the sale of the Crowne Plaza in Columbus for an undisclosed amount. The 300-room hotel is located at 6500 Ave. The hotel, which underwent a renovation in 2013, features 20,000 square feet of flexible event space, a full-service restaurant, indoor and outdoor pool, fitness center and business center. Eric Belfrage and Michael Shirey of CBRE represented the seller, VWI Columbus LLC, a joint venture of Varde Partners, Waramaug Hospitality and Interstate Hotels and Resorts. Florida-based TJM Properties Inc. was the buyer.
IRVINE, CALIF. — The U.S. hotel market faces many long-term challenges, including a slowdown in international travel, an increase in supply and a decrease in demand, according to the most recent Quarterly Hotel Monitor report from Ten-X, an online real estate marketplace. The leading “buy markets” for hotels will be those that most strongly fight against these negative trends, while the top “sell markets” reflect the strongest negative forecast indicators. According to the Ten-X reports, the top buy markets for 2017 are (1) Las Vegas; (2) Jacksonville, Fla.; (3) Sacramento, Calif.; (4) Los Angeles; and (5) Indianapolis. The top sell markets are (1) Houston; (2) New York City; (3) Pittsburgh; (4) San Jose, Calif.; and (5) Northern New Jersey. In Las Vegas, occupancy jumped 110 basis points in the third quarter alone to 73.4 percent and room rates also spiked dramatically, according to Ten-X. Meanwhile, supply has dwindled due to the closing of underperforming hotels, and the new supply pipeline is relatively small. These factors combined to make Las Vegas the top buy market. In Houston, the top sell market, the prolonged oil price slump continues to take its toll. Energy and manufacturing jobs dropped 6.8 percent year-to-date through the …
INDEPENDENCE, MO. — Midas Hospitality has acquired the Staybridge Suites Kansas City-Independence for $9.8 million. The 102-room hotel is located at 19400 E. 39th Place South on I-70. Renovations totaling $1.6 million will begin in January and include a complete interior renovation along with exterior landscape updates. The hotel will remain open during renovation. Midwest Bank of Poplar Bluff is the lender for the renovation project.
DALLAS — HFF has brokered the sale of Magnolia Dallas Park Cities, a full-service independent hotel located at 6070 N. Central Expressway in central Dallas. Trigate Capital sold the 292-room hotel to 6070 NCX LLC for an undisclosed price. The new owner has retained Stout Street Hospitality to manage the hotel. Originally constructed in 1972 and last renovated in 2015, the hotel features 12,000 square feet of function space, a fitness center, indoor pool and restaurant and lounge. John Bourret and Austin Brooks of HFF represented the seller in the deal.
SAN DIEGO — A private client of Brighton Management has acquired the 419-room Crowne Plaza Hanalei in the San Diego submarket of Mission Valley for an undisclosed sum. The hotel is located at 2270 Hotel Circle N. The hotel will continue to operate under the Crowne Plaza flag. The new owner plans to make significant renovations and upgrades to the property. Brighton will manage the hotel. CBRE’s Bob Kaplan and Rod Apodaca represented the seller, Hanalei Associates LLC (with Multi-Ventures acting as a managing member), in this transaction.
DALLAS — HEI Hotels & Resorts has completed the sale of Sheraton Dallas by the Galleria, a full-service hotel located at 4801 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway in Dallas’ Galleria submarket. A partnership between Driftwood Hospitality Management and an institutional real estate investor purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Driftwood has assumed management of the hotel. The 309-room hotel features 13,741 square feet of function space across 21 meeting rooms; Front Yard, a full-service restaurant; Sheraton Club Lounge; a 24-hour fitness center; a 24-hour business center and an outdoor pool. John Bourret, Austin Brooks and Daniel Peek of HFF represented HEI in the transaction.